Education, Migration, and Cultural Capital in the Chinese Diaspora: Transnational Students Between Hong Kong and Canada
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Chapter 2: Internationalisation, Transnationalism, and Education in Canada

45

Neoliberalism and Education in Canada

47

Government and IE

49

Federal Initiatives on IE

50

Provincial Initiatives on IE

55

Municipal Initiatives: Vancouver School Board

65

An Example of Institutional Initiatives: The University of British Columbia

71

Chapter 3: Education and Middle-Class Strategies in Contemporary Hong Kong

77

Pessimism and Uncertainty

78

Educational Expansion and Credential Inflation

82

Additional Precipitating Factors in Migration

89

The Economic Milieu

89

The Migration Milieu

93

The Importance of the English Language

95

Middle-Class Sanctuaries: International Schools

97

The Role of Habitus in Directing Migration

103

Experiences of Education in Hong Kong

106

Chapter 4: Transnational Families and Education in Canada

115

Global Geographies of Educational Distinction

116

Local Geographies of Cultural Capital

119

The Magical Properties of the University Degree

125

Spatial Strategies and Educational Choice

128

Failure and the Timing of Migration

129

Immigration and the Financial Calculation

137

Transnational Households: Astronaut Families and Satellite Kids

141

The Creation of a Transnational Class

145